Quine (Willard Van Orman Quine)

Willard Van Orman Quine was an influential American philosopher and logician who challenged traditional ideas about knowledge, language, and meaning. He argued that our understanding of the world is interconnected; for instance, our beliefs about language are tied to our experiences and knowledge of the world. Quine famously rejected the notion of a clear distinction between analytic truths (statements true by definition) and synthetic truths (statements true by how the world is), suggesting that all knowledge is part of a web of beliefs subject to revision. His work has significantly impacted fields like philosophy, linguistics, and science.